Various Artists - Electrocosmia - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ten years of Revue Blanche. That's ten years of making music together. At the occasion of this anniversary, the ensemble is going back to their roots to vibrant turn-of-the-century Paris, where a luscious body of music emerged that has occupied a central place in Revue Blanche's repertoire since the very start. Misia Sert became our guide. Walking in her tracks, Revue Blanche paid a call on Villa Servais in Halle - where she spent her childhood - and played a Polish song by her grave in Samoureau, near Valvins. While they encountered many iconic masters enchanted by her, she also put them on the track of lesser-known composers. With every step and every gem their curiosity grew, Misia seducing them to go beyond what they'd initially imagined. The present recording is Revue Blanche's homage to this fiery, unbridled spirit who - by devoting her life to the arts - perennially inspires others to do so as well. The ensemble found working on this album a challenge as well as a saving grace in a year without concerts. The involuntary break from the stage allowed them to focus on the recording process, where they applied ourselves to making Misia a perfect tribute. Now it's finally here, our hope is that the soundsketch of this grande dame, who truly mastered the art of bringing people together, will help answering to the profound need for beauty and connection felt by many.

Album Tracks 1. Variations for Piano on InchAh, Vous Dirai-Je MamanInch 2. Gymnopedie No. 3 3. Piano Sonata No. 2 Marche Funèbre 4. Scenes from Childhood VII Träumerei 5. FÜR Elise 6. Gaspard de la Nuit III Scarbo 7. Children's Corner VI Golliwog's Cake-Walk 8. Impromptus 9. Rhapsody on a Theme By Paganini Variation 18 10. Pathétique II Adagio Cantabile 11. Miroirs III 12. Fantaisie-Impromptu 13. Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon I Andante Molto 14. Trumpet Concerto III Finale 15. Clarinet Concerto II Adagio 16. The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 17. Adagio in B Flat Major 18. Horn Concerto No. 1 Allegro 19. Horn Concerto No. 1 Rondo 20. Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major Allegro 21. Oboe Concerto II Adagio 22. Trumpet Concerto in D Major I. Pomposo 23. Trumpet Concerto in D Major II. Adagio 24. Trumpet Concerto in D Major III. Presto 25. Canonic Adagio for 2 Basset Horns and Bassoon 26. Adagio and Rondo in C Major 27. Concerto for 2 Oboes and 2 Clarinets I. Larghetto-Allegro 28. Concerto for 2 Oboes and 2 Clarinets II. Largo 29. Concerto for 2 Oboes and 2 Clarinets III. Allegro Molto 30. Symphony No. 5 II. Andante Cantabile 31. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen 32. Adagio in G minor 33. Requiem Pie Jesu 34. Idyll for String Orchestra V. Adagio 35. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte 36. Symphony No. 5 IV. Adagietto 37. Canon in D Major 38. Prelude a L'apres-Midi D'un Faune 39. Water Music Alla Hornpipe 40. Funeral March 41. Earl of Essex Galliard 42. Rosa Das Rosas 43. Ah, Silly Soul 44. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 I. Allegro 45. Symphonies de Fanfares Rondeau 46. In Nomine for 5 Viols 47. My Lady Carey's Dompe 48. The Prince of Denmark's March 49. Toccata and Fugue in D minor 50. Fantasy for 5 Viols in D minor 51. Magnificat 52. Lo, How a E'er Blooming 53. See, th

Yes, there is 20th-Century Spanish music written for such an old instrument as the harpsichord! Composers do not impose limits they love it's rhythm, it's timbre, and they love dreaming of the past. Following the traces of her exciting last album Chaconnerie, harpsichordist Silvia Márquez Chulilla presents here a stunning bouquet of pieces composed between 1952 and 1996. Apparently a feminine world, it was the charismatic Wanda Landowska who inspired Manuel de Falla, the first leading composer of the 20th century to turn his gaze to the harpsichord. Then many composers from the 20th century enthusiastically wrote for Antoinette Vischer, Annelie de Man, Elisabeth Chojnacka, and Goska Isphording. And in Spain, in the sixties, it was to be Genoveva Gálvez -the first professor of harpsichord in her country- who would manage to make that initially solitary voyage attractive to contemporary composers with it's surprising sonorities -it is for good reason that three of the pieces amassed here are dedicated to her. Album Tracks 1. Herbania 2. Prélude Et Ritornello 3. Preludi 4. Due Essercizi 5. Le Clavecin Voyageur 6. Ofrenda a Manuel de Falla 7. Palimpsestes II